USA Choir comes to South Africa’s MICM!

The Troubadours are the Upper School singers from the Waterford School who possess the highest degree of dedication, musical skill, and passion for choral singing. Students are selected for the ensemble through a multi-step audition process each year. Originally created as a small, lunch time ensemble for male voices, the group has grown into a full chamber choir for mixed voices that maintains an active performance calendar throughout the year. The Troubadours earned top honours in 2017 at the World Strides festival in Honolulu, Hawaii, and they will be traveling to South Africa for their first international performance tour in 2019.
     The Waterford School is Utah’s premier liberal arts, college preparatory private school for students in Preschool through High School. It provides a rich education, with experienced faculty, deep curriculum, nurturing community and a beautiful 41 acre campus. The Waterford School inspires individuals to pursue lives of meaning and purpose by providing a world-class liberal arts education that stimulates intellect, ignites passion, and shapes character.
     A native of western Pennsylvania, Patrick Tatman currently serves as Director of Choral Studies at the Waterford School in Salt Lake City. He holds a Master’s degree in Choral Conducting from Brigham Young University and a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Penn State University. He is currently earning his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Utah. His career has included teaching experience at the elementary, secondary and collegiate levels in Utah, Colorado and Pennsylvania. In addition to his work with the Waterford School, Patrick also serves as a guest clinician and professional singer with several organisations including the Mapleton Chorale, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake Choral Artists, and the Brevitas professional choir. He believes strongly in a choir’s ability to inspire, and he seeks to raise awareness of the importance of music and the arts through his work.

Join us for a Choral Exchange between the Waterford School Choir (USA) and the MICM Senior Choir (SA) from 11 June at Morris Isaacson Centre for Music (MICM), 18:00.